Heavy rain pelted Beijing from around 10 PM on Tuesday, ending what had earlier been a sunny day. Hail fell in some parts of the Chinese capital.

星期二的时候，北京从晚上10点钟左右就开始下起暴雨，第二天早些时候雨就停了，阳光明媚。中国首都一些地区还下起了冰雹。

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In suburban Chicago, which got up to 7 inches of rain in a 24-hour period ending Thursday, record levels of water were moving through the Des Plaines River past heavily populated western suburbs and into the Illinois River to the south.

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